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MATCH SAFE.

N0. 536,983. Patented Apr. 2, 1895.

MATCH SAFE.

Patented-Apr. 2, 1895.

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JOSEPH COYLE, OF OTTAWA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES BERKELEY POWELL ANDFREDERICK WILLIAM CARLING, OF SAME PLACE.

MATCH-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent No. 536,983, dated April2, 1895.

Application tiled October 29, 1894. Serial No. 527,143. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH COYLE, of the city of Ottawa, inthe county ofCarleton, Province of Ontario, and Dominion of Canada, have inventedcertain new .and useful Improvements in Match-Safes; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart thereof.

My invention, which will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed,relates to devices for retaining matches and delivering them asrequired. v

The object of my invention is a match safe from which only one match canbe taken at a time.

Figure 1 is a cross section of my improved match safe on line 1, l,Figs. 2,8 and 4. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same on line 2,2, Figs. l and 4. Fig. 3 is a top view of the `same with parts removedand broken out, showing others in the position just after delivery of amatch. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same on line 4,4 Figs. 1, 2 and 3, shown at rest. Fig. 5 is a bottom view of theexpelling spring and detlector engaged and just before disengagement.Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the expelling spring and Fig. 7 is aperspective View of the deiiector.

A box, A, is provided, having a clear width of any desired length andheight and provided with a top or lid, A', that can be secured by lockand key or in some other 'convenient manner. In this box is secured afalse bottom, B, somewhat narrower than the width of the box, so as toleave a groove, b, along the edge Aof it between it and the side of thebox. Upon this is placed a sliding bottom, C, of the full width of thebox, but having its lower edge, above the groove b, rabbated out, at c,to form an upward continuation of.

the groove b when seen in cross section, as in Fig. 1, and said slidingbottom C being shorter than the length of the box, so as to allowsliding space. Said sliding bottom has a transverse groove, c', in itsupper surface, sufficiently spacious to hold a match freely, but nomore, and deep enough to extend into the rabbet c.

At each end' of the box is secured asloping end or partition, D, joiningthe upper edge of the end and extending to within a short distance ofthe transverse groove c and close to the upper surface of the slidingbottom, without, however, bearing upon the latter, these being for thepurpose of conveying the matches toward the groove and preventing themlying in the corners or angles of the box when the latter is nearlyempty. Said sliding bottom is pushed to one end of the box by a spring,E, secured upon the bottom B near the end and bearing with its end in agroove b in the end of the bottom. Said sliding bottom is drawn to theother end of the box, against the pressure of said spring, bya lever, F,passing through a perforation, d, in the sloping end, upon which itrestsas a fulcrum, and through a perforation, ct', in the top, being twicebent at a right angle for the purpose, provided with a knob or lingerpiece, f', at its upper projecting end and engaging by its lower hookedend, f,a clevis, F', which is secured to the end of the bottom C. Thesame object would of. course be served by a direct pull through the endor bya lever projecting through the end of the box.

In the groove b is placed a Hat spring, G, secured to the side of thebox near the end against which the sliding bottomabuts by-the pressureof the spring E, and extending toward the other end and pressing towardthe edge of the bottom B and forming the ex pelling spring. At the freeend this spring is provided with a short upward extension, head orplate, g, projecting up into the rabbet c and having its heel benttoward the side of the box, out of the line of the spring. A recess, a,may be formed in the side to receive said plate when deflected.

To the edge of the sliding bottom, above I the rabbet, is secured adeecting spring plate, H, standing obliquely in -said rabbet, its heelat the edge of the bottom slightly in advance of the groove c', andsloping inwardly and toward the forward or spring actuated end.When'said bottomis drawn forward by the lever F against the pressure ofthe spring E, the deilector H has to pass the spring projection g andthe forward inner point of the former engages the outer heel of thelatter and presses it toward the side of the box. Thedetlectorproceeding, its heel iinallypasses the point of the plate g and thisbeing re- IOO leased strikes toward the edges of the bottoms, B and C,being also, at that moment, opposite the end of the groove c. It amatclmn, is in said groove, the spring strikes its end and projects itand ejects it through a corresponding perforation, a, made in theopposite side of the box, opposite the spring head g and opposite thegroove o when passing forward at the moment the spring G is released.

To prevent the matches that are ejected or` expelled from the boxstraying, the bottom of the box A is extended at the side of theperforation a to form aplatform, A, and a butt, A", is placed upon itopposite said perforation, which arrests the ejected matches. Thus itwill be observed that if the box A is filled or partly filled withmatches, they will lie across the sliding bottom C, parallel to thegroove c' and one of the matches will be lying in the bottom of saidgroove. If, now, the lever F is depressed,it will draw the slidingbottom C forward from the position shown in Fig. 2 against the pressureof the spring E. When the groove c and match m at the bottom thereofapproach the `plate or head g of the spring G, the point of the de-.tlector ll, being carried close to the side ofthe rabbet, engages theheel of the said head, and proceeding, deflects it toward the side ofthe box, as shown in Fig. 5. The engagement is effected by the heel ofthe head projecting into the rabbet toward the side of the box, althoughthe head itself presses against the inner side of the rabbet when atrest- Finally the heel of the detlector will slip past the point of theplate g, and the springG, being now free to act, will strike with itsplate g, toward the edge of the rabbet, as shownin Fig. 8. Before thisoccurs the groove o has arrived opposite said plate and is in line withthe perforation a and said plate is opposite the end of the match in thegroove and when the spring G is liberated its head strikes said matchand ejects it through the perforation a upon the platform A. When thepress ure on the lever F is relieved, the spring E pushes the slide Cback and another match m takes its place in the bottom of the groove c.The slide C in returning from the position shown in Fig. 3, just afterthe ejecting action of the spring G, to the position shown in Figs. 2and 4, carries the detlector H between the head gand the side of thebox,the head g pressing the detlector a little toward the side of the boxfor the purpose. y

I claim as my inventionl. In a match safe, the combination of a boxhaving a width equal to the length of amatch, a longitudinal groove b inthebottom at one side so that the side of the box forms one side of thegroove, a flat spring secured in said groove at one end and having anupwardtprojecting head or plate at the other tending to press toward theinner side `or edge of the groove and having the heel of said plate benttoward the outer side of the groove, a bottom adapted to slidelongitudinally and provided with a transverse groove in its upper faceadapted to hold a match freely and having a rabbeted lower edge formingan upward continuation of the groove b to form a passage way -for thehead of the spring aforementioned, a

`said spring head, a spring moving said sliding bottom toward one end ofthe box and a lever adapted to move it toward the other end against thepressure of .said spring, substantially as set forth.

2. In a match safe, the combination of a box A havinginside sloping endsD and provided with a cover, a sliding bottom C having a transversegroove c and a longitudinal rabbet c, a groove b forming adownwardcontinuation of said rabbet in the bottom of said box, a spring Gsecured `in said groove and having an upward projecting head or plate g,an oblique deiiecting plate I-I in the rabbet c, a perforation a. in theside of the box opposite said spring head, a spring E pressing saidsliding bottom toward one end and a projecting lever F adapted to drawit in the opposite direction, substantially as set forth.

8. Ina match safe,the combination of a box A, a longitudinal slidingbottom in said box, sloping ends inside saidfbox extending to saidsliding bottom, a perforation a in the top, a perforation d in one ofthe sloping ends, a lever F passing through said `perforations and bentat a right angle at a point at which it passes through the sloping endforming a support in said'perforation and bent at a right angle at thepoint at which it passes through the top and engaging said slidingbottoni at the lower end bya clevis F,substantially as set forth.

4. In a match safe, the combination of a rectangular box, agroove b inthe bottom adjoining one side,a bottom adapted to slide with its edgesagainstthe sides and having a rabbet c above said groove, a flat springsecured tothe side of the box in said groove, a plate or head at one endof said spring projecting upwardly in said rabbet tending to pressagainst the inner side of saidgroove and rabbet, and a detlecting springplate II projecting obliquely across said rabbet and adapted to engagedeflect `and pass said spring head when said sliding bottom is moved inonedirection and passing between said head and the side of thebox when`moving in the other direction, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed inthe presence of the undersignedwitnesses.

VJOSEPH COYLE. `Witnesses:

A. TRoWssE, L. PETER.

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